In the present day, T-Cellular celebrated the tenth anniversary of its very first “Uncarrier” transfer. Not one to disappoint followers, the nation’s third-largest wi-fi provider introduced a bevy of adjustments to its plans and promotions.

All of those adjustments come underneath the brand new banner generally known as T-Cellular Cellphone Freedom. Because the title suggests, its intention is to place the ability over telephone possession again into the palms of the buyer. Throughout its video announcement, the corporate made direct assaults towards Verizon and AT&T for sneakily locking prospects into three-year fee plans, elevating costs, and making it tough for patrons to unlock their telephones.

Right here’s what the T-Cellular Cellphone Freedom coverage consists of. All these new adjustments go into impact on Sunday, April 23, 2023.

Magenta and Magenta Max turn out to be Go5G and Go5G Plus

Magenta Max is T-Cellular’s hottest plan. The corporate will change its title to Go5G Plus. Likewise, the common Magenta plan turns into Go5G. Apart from the title change, Go5G isn’t any totally different from Magenta. The brand new Go5G Plus additionally has all the identical perks as Magenta Max: limitless information, textual content, and calls, free Apple TV Plus and Netflix, and many others. Nevertheless, it additionally provides two up to date perks:

• Extra hotspot: Magenta Max subscribers get 40GB of high-speed hotspot information, however Go5G Plus ups the ante, so customers get 50GB.
• Extra North American information: Go5G Plus subscribers get 15GB of high-speed information every month when touring to Mexico and Canada. That’s a 3x enhance over Magenta Max’s 5GB.

These perks are baked into the plan and won’t change. Moreover, for a restricted time, you will get Go5G Plus and earn a free third line. In different phrases, should you join two Go5G Plus strains on one account, you’ll get a 3rd at no cost.

One other limited-time promotion is that prospects can get a free telephone (as much as $830 retail) with an eligible trade-in. They will additionally commerce in telephones from as much as six years in the past. The entire household can benefit from this with as much as 4 trade-ins on anybody account.

Lastly, the T-Cellular Cellphone Freedom promise ensures that current T-Cellular prospects on the Go5G Plus plan can benefit from the identical promotions the corporate gives to new prospects. Be aware that this doesn’t apply to Go5G subscribers.

T-Cellular Cellphone Freedom: The Simple Unlock

One other new T-Cellular coverage is aimed straight at AT&T customers. AT&T locks its telephones and won’t unlock them till prospects have a) fully paid it off and b) requested an unlock, which often requires a telephone name. You may skip this by merely bringing your locked AT&T telephone to T-Cellular. The corporate will settle for this as a trade-in which can then apply to a brand new T-Cell phone.

This new coverage stacks on high of the pre-existing payoff program. This implies T-Cellular will repay no matter stability is left in your AT&T telephone’s financing (as much as $650 through a pay as you go Mastercard). In different phrases, when you have AT&T service and a locked AT&T telephone that also has as much as $650 left to repay, T-Cellular will repay that telephone and assist you to commerce it in for credit score towards a brand new telephone.

Restricted supply: Go Again Assure

T-Cellular is aware of that switching carriers is a trouble. People who find themselves nervous about making the swap now can relaxation simple. The Go Again Assure sees T-Cellular paying prospects who check out T-Cellular and resolve it’s not for them. The corporate will provide you with $50 again for every voice line to assist cowl the price of your invoice should you resolve to exit inside 30 days. Relying on the plans you join, this might make subscribing — after which exiting — free.

Please observe that you should contact T-Cellular straight earlier than porting your quantity to a different provider, or you’ll not get your Go Again Assure. That is additionally a limited-time supply.

Restricted supply: Necessities Financial savings

T-Cellular’s Necessities plan is its entry-level service. It gives simply the fundamentals. Nevertheless, for a restricted time, Necessities will turn out to be Necessities Financial savings and value $10 much less. This worth will get locked in, so that you’ll pay $10 much less to your line so long as your account is energetic.